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A Study on the Discourse Form of Rumor in The Wall of Rumors

  • Korean Language & Literature
  • 2015, (92), pp.267-288
  • Publisher : Korean Language & Literature
  • Research Area : Humanities > Korean Language and Literature

Byun, Hwayeong 1

1전북대학교

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ABSTRACT

This article analyzes a novel, The Wall of Rumors. It is written by Lee Cheongjun. This novel uses the rumors as a literary device for attracting to the readers. And it is constructed with structure of discourse which form a narrative communication. The rumors in this novel provide Park jun, Mr. Ahn, and Doctor who related with 'I'. Also the rumors offer the basis of powerful gaze which expressed as flashlight metaphorically. Moreover, the rumors are restructured by the novel which is truthful expression of the self narration. In The Wall of Rumors, a reliable narrator, ie, 'I', comes on. The 'I' enjoys the confidence of the readers, and he is a being for establishing the truth of stories inside of the lattice structure in this novel. Also the 'I' is a being to provide the truth that Park jun is a sincere novelist. The narrator 'I' searched the cause of Park jun's madness through the method of a detective story. By doing this work, he recovers his lost self by referring and depending on the rumors. It is same thing that the work to find out the path of Park jun's madness and those of the narrator 'I' finding out his lost self. Also the process of finding his own self by the narrator 'I' is the time that the narratee explore the meaning of the novel, The Wall of Rumors. To construct the time of narrative discourse, the narrator 'I' needed 10 days of time for researching and introspecting.

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